This was Ortom’s response to a previous remark made by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, and was made through his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the president’s media aide outlined the steps the Federal Government had taken to address the insecurity issue in Benue State. He expressed frustration with the outgoing governor, who he claimed was only giving security a token amount of attention while using it to advance his political ambitions in the state.
He politicised every life lost on his watch.